Developer(s) whom you feel are not as good as they were last gen

Seeing as how this gen has a lot of hurdles compared to last gen which developer you feel were not up to the challenge and didn't deliver titles they have been known for in the past gen. Well for me it has to be Capcom, they were in the top 5 developers last gen with great new games like DMC, Onimusha, Viewtiful Joe along with superb genre defining games like RE4 and Okami. This gen they have completely lost it, and if it wasn't for SF series I doubt I would even notice them. Sigh how the once might have fallen. The loss of Kamiya, Inaba and Mikami definitely had something to do with the way Capcom have been doing business this gen. Most of their games don't even feel like Capcom games anymore.

Anyway what about you guys, any devs come in mind? How about developers who have exceeded expectations?

I gotta say easily Square. I am not the biggest fan of their games nor JRPG's but they made lots of really good and new rpgs for the ps2. This gen though, I think they really dropped the ball, its almost like they are non-existant outside of their fanbase.

Seeing as how this gen has a lot of hurdles compared to last gen which developer you feel were not up to the challenge and didn't deliver titles they have been known for in the past gen. Well for me it has to be Capcom, they were in the top 5 developers last gen with great new games like DMC, Onimusha, Viewtiful Joe along with superb genre defining games like RE4 and Okami. This gen they have completely lost it, and if it wasn't for SF series I doubt I would even notice them. Sigh how the once might have fallen. The loss of Kamiya, Inaba and Mikami definitely had something to do with the way Capcom have been doing business this gen. Most of their games don't even feel like Capcom games anymore.

Anyway what about you guys, any devs come in mind? How about developers who have exceeded expectations?

Swift_Boss_A

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Seeing as how this gen has a lot of hurdles compared to last gen which developer you feel were not up to the challenge and didn't deliver titles they have been known for in the past gen. Well for me it has to be Capcom, they were in the top 5 developers last gen with great new games like DMC, Onimusha, Viewtiful Joe along with superb genre defining games like RE4 and Okami. This gen they have completely lost it, and if it wasn't for SF series I doubt I would even notice them. Sigh how the once might have fallen. The loss of Kamiya, Inaba and Mikami definitely had something to do with the way Capcom have been doing business this gen. Most of their games don't even feel like Capcom games anymore.

Anyway what about you guys, any devs come in mind? How about developers who have exceeded expectations?

mexicangordo

Square, Level 5, Team Ninja

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Seeing as how this gen has a lot of hurdles compared to last gen which developer you feel were not up to the challenge and didn't deliver titles they have been known for in the past gen. Well for me it has to be Capcom, they were in the top 5 developers last gen with great new games like DMC, Onimusha, Viewtiful Joe along with superb genre defining games like RE4 and Okami. This gen they have completely lost it, and if it wasn't for SF series I doubt I would even notice them. Sigh how the once might have fallen. The loss of Kamiya, Inaba and Mikami definitely had something to do with the way Capcom have been doing business this gen. Most of their games don't even feel like Capcom games anymore.

Anyway what about you guys, any devs come in mind? How about developers who have exceeded expectations?

GulliversTravel

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Seeing as how this gen has a lot of hurdles compared to last gen which developer you feel were not up to the challenge and didn't deliver titles they have been known for in the past gen. Well for me it has to be Capcom, they were in the top 5 developers last gen with great new games like DMC, Onimusha, Viewtiful Joe along with superb genre defining games like RE4 and Okami. This gen they have completely lost it, and if it wasn't for SF series I doubt I would even notice them. Sigh how the once might have fallen. The loss of Kamiya, Inaba and Mikami definitely had something to do with the way Capcom have been doing business this gen. Most of their games don't even feel like Capcom games anymore.

Anyway what about you guys, any devs come in mind? How about developers who have exceeded expectations?

GulliversTravel

Well because it's a disappointment? Good game of course but compared to RE4 it was a complete let down. It was pretty much a carbon copy with similar pacing, bosses but with non of the scares. RE4 though more action compared to the usually RE games it had elements of survival horror whilst RE5 was a full on Gears type action game. For a current gen title Capcom stuck to the easy path and failed to move the series forward but instead they did what was popular this gen, and that is making it just another shooter which could have worked if you could run and gun. And don't get me started on the tacked on co-op, they should have kept co-op on a separate mode. Being forced to have a partner throughout the SP playthrough really ticked me off. Sheva actually made me miss Ashley from RE4, yeah the co-op/partner idea was that bad.

Square Enix prefer ff7 to ff13 an prolly kh to versus

BioWare prefer baldurs gate to dragonage/mass effect crap

Bungie not innovated at all keep makin same game on same engine

Betheseda this company is horrible overrated I just thought i should say they sucked a lot last geenn this gen managed to suck worse

Blizzard SC2 definetly not even close to SC1 and in many ways the game didn't innovate at all compared to warcraft 3 and bnet 2.0 is horribad

Ubisoft hate all their games this gen

Take 2 hate their games

DEV's i like this gen

Capcom

Konami - mgs4 prolly the best game this gen

Infinity Ward - obviously know how to make a good shooter

EA sports - usually fun titles

Capcom might be at the top of my list.

Kojima Production (MGS4 is crap compared to Kojima's other titles) Okay it's better than Lunar Knights but that isn't saying much.

Kojima Production (MGS4 is crap compared to Kojima's other titles) Okay it's better than Lunar Knights but that isn't saying much.

jasonharris48

What!? Explain yourself! MGS4 is easily one of the best titles by Kojima.

Square Enix - FFXIII pales in comparison to FFX

Bioware - I liked Star Wars: KotoR and Jade Empire more than Mass Effect and Dragon Age

The rest for me have kept the standard from last gen or even raised the bar, for example Nintendo, Konami, Rockstar.

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Konami, Lucasarts?

Square, Level 5, Team Ninja

jasonharris48

I think it's Square. I believe they've been on a downward spiral since the PS1 days, and they continually get worse. This generation I think they've sunk to the abysmal bottom. I want to see them put some creativity into their games and also quit trying to make them interactive movies. With that said, I believe their handheld games are superior this gen to their console ones.

RAREdramaybaz

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Probably IO interactive. Last gen the had Hitman 2&3 and of course Freedom Fighters. This gen they've had the "alright" blood money and K&L. Hopefully the new K&L game will be much better.

JONO51

Square-Enix and Capcom.

Japanese Developers as a whole especially Square Enix

A team or two at Nintendo. But the rest are fine over there.

[QUOTE="GulliversTravel"][QUOTE="mexicangordo"] I know Capcom has had some deep losses however, they were not to bad this gen. Capcom are also one of my favorites in both generations and I did enjoy Dead Rising, Lost Planet, Mega Man 9, SF series, and the the Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, and Pheonix Wright. Though RE5 will forever be the greatest video game disappointment for me.

mexicangordo

Ubisoft. A million times, Ubisoft.mo0ksi

Square Enix, Level 5 and Triace.

Japanese Developers as a whole especially Square EnixThe__Havoc

No more of these western imitated games like LostPlanet2 and perverted crap like Bayonetta and more lasting gems. Swift_Boss_A

Capcom weren't that great last gen either... all those Capcom vs X games they had to release just to stay alive.JohnF111

Bethesda.. Morrowind actually felt like a rpg.. Oblivion seems like a weaksauce action adventure game with pretend rpg elements. Seriously I felt Starcraft 2 singleplayer had more rpg elements then freaking Oblivion.

[QUOTE="The__Havoc"]Japanese Developers as a whole especially Square EnixSwift_Boss_A

Ubisoft. A million times, Ubisoft.mo0ksi

This. though Scott Pilgrim does look promising imo.

[QUOTE="Swift_Boss_A"] No more of these western imitated games like LostPlanet2 and perverted crap like Bayonetta and more lasting gems. heretrix

Capcom is a mixed bag though. I don't think a lot of people played some of the better Cappy titles this gen like Zack and Wiki.

[QUOTE="mo0ksi"]Ubisoft. A million times, Ubisoft.heretrix

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Ravenchrome

Capcom is a mixed bag though. I don't think a lot of people played some of the better Cappy titles this gen like Zack and Wiki.

ActicEdge

LucasArts has been fail this generation imo.

but that's just me. I haven't bought a single Star Wars game this generation, and I've been a decent Star Wars fan for a good decade or so.

Battlefront 3 PL0X:|

I second Lucas Arts. Last gen we got Rogue Leader, Rebel Strike, Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy, and then throw in Republic Commando, Kotor, Kotor II, and the Battlefront series. What have we gotten this gen? A RTS and a mediocre Force Unleashed series. I haven't bought a single Star Wars game this gen.